Organisations

Cordaid

Netherlands

Expand view

PO Box 16440
2500BK The Haag

Cordaid is one of the biggest international development organisations. Together with more than a thousand local organisations, Cordaid fights poverty and injustice in over forty countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe and the Netherlands. Cordaid works to create a permanent healthy, liveable environment and sufficient income for poor and vulnerable groups in cities in developing countries. Particular attention is paid to women, young people, the elderly and refugees. Cordaid is working in the themes of health and care, peace and conflict, access to markets, quality of urban life, the rights and care of marginalised groups, and HIV/AIDS

Together Against AIDS Positive Association (TAAPA)

Uganda

Expand view

P.O. Box 27066
Kampala

This is a local organisation, founded and run by PLWHA and working in the Wakiso District. Its activities include mobilization and sensitization of PLWHA, providing positive-living skills to PLWHA, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, training for the general community, providing skills to create and manage income-generating activities, support for primary school orphans and vulnerable children (school fees and scholastic materials), education on nutrition and palliative care, training community on “memory projects” and paralegal issues (rights and obligations)

Disability Studies Unit (DSU)

Sri Lanka

Expand view

Faculty of Medicine
University of Kelaniya
PO Box 06
Ragama

DSU's aims and objectives are to promote CBR internationally and in Sri Lanka through education, research and disemination of information. DSU has disabled staff. DSU has a resource centre which is open to the public and an enquiry service which is accessible by letter or telephone. It also facilitates the training of speech and language therapists and conducts research on disability issues.

Save the Children UK, South East and East Asia Regional Office

Singapore

Expand view

352 Tanglin Road
Tanglin International Centre
#03-01 Strathmore Building
Singapore 247671

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. STC work to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. STC make sure that children affected by floods, famines, earthquakes and armed conflict get life-saving medical aid, shelter, food and water. They safeguard children and help reunite separated families. They also help children recover from crises by providing emotional support and safe places to learn and play. STC is a global leader in improving children’s health and strengthening community-based health systems. Through supporting programmes that promote learning in school and in the community, STC are able to influence global and national policy to improve children’s access to education. STC also help to ensure that children are safe and protected.

Gender and Development Network (GADN)

UK

Expand view

c/o ActionAid
33-39 Bowling Green Lane
London
EC1R 0BJ

"GADN is a diverse, effective and inclusive membership network made up of leading UK-based non-governmental organisations’ (NGO) staff, practitioners, consultants and academics working on gender, development and women’s rights issues"

Sabah Integrity Alliance Association (SINAR)

Malaysia

Expand view

Lot 6, Tingkat 1, Blok C, Bandar Fajar, Jalan Leila, 90000, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

Sabah Integrity Alliance Association (SINAR) is a local non government organization (NGO) established in 2016 aim to help the community in various aspects of issues including welfare, humanitarian, human resources, human rights and education.

Y Care International (YMCA)

UK

Expand view

3-9 Southampton Row
London WC1B 5HY

The international development agency of the YMCA movement. Focuses on the needs and contributions of young people in the developing world, who face the severest of economic and social conditions. They aim to provide financial support for projects that aim to promote self-sufficiency. Funds are chanelled through local YMCAs, which develop projects with their local communities. They aim to broaden the opportunities available to marginalised young people and enable them to escape the poverty trap. They also aim to raise the awareness of development issues in the UK